- a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the windowsill; two layers of paint.
- something lying over or under something else; a level or tier: There can be multiple layers of metaphor in a single poem.
- a bed; stratum: alternating layers of basalt and sandstone.
- a person or thing that lays (often used in combination): a carpet layer;a bricklayer.
- a hen kept for egg production.
- one of several items of clothing worn one on top of the other.
- Horticulture.
- a shoot or twig that is induced to root while still attached to the living stock, as by bending and covering with soil.
- a plant so propagated.
- a machine for laying rope or cable.
- to make a layer of.
- to form or arrange in layers.
- to arrange or wear (clothing) in layers: You can layer this vest over a blouse or sweater.
- to cut (hair) in overlapping layers of different lengths: My hairdresser insisted on layering my hair at my last visit—I rather like it this way.
- to propagate by layering.
- to separate into or form layers.
- (of a garment) to permit of wearing in layers; be used in layering: Frilly blouses don't layer well.
- a thickness of some homogeneous substance, such as a stratum or a coating on a surface
- one of four or more levels of vegetation defined in ecological studies: the ground or moss layer, the field or herb layer, the shrub layer, and one or more tree layers
- a laying hen
- horticulture
- a shoot or branch rooted during layering
- a plant produced as a result of layering
- to form or make a layer of (something)
- to take root or cause to take root by layering
